Semi-final preview: Paolini vs Andreeva – Roland-Garros

It also helps that this area of Paris is like a home from home for her. Unable to play a full schedule on the WTA Tour due to her age, she spent three weeks playing in the French Inter-Club Championship representing Boulogne-Billancourt Tennis Club at the end of last year (her team lost in the final but she won her match 6-0, 6-0). She knows this part of town like the back of her hand.

Now she plays the other giantkiller of the women’s draw: Jasmine Paolini. For fully three hours, the Italian was headline news after knocking out the No.4 seed, Elena Rybakina. Then she was usurped by Andreeva’s amazing feats.

Their only previous match was this year in Madrid: Andreeva won in straight, but tight, sets.

“She plays really fast,” Andreeva said. “She moves really fast. She really goes for it. But I will play the same as today, with the same “cold head” if I can put it that way.”

Conchita will, no doubt come up with a game plan for today; Mirra will, no doubt, forget every word. But together they make a seemingly unbeatable team.

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